Sleeping-car berth.



P. RUBINOVITOH.

SLEEPING GAR BERTH.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 19, 1 908.

Patented 001;. 12, 1909.

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SLEEPING-CAB BERTI'I.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 12, 19%).

Application filed. October 19, 1908. Serial No. 458,378.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER RUBINOVITOH, a subject of the Empire ofRussia, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSleeping-Car Berths, of which the following is a specification. V

This invention relates to an improvement in sleeping car berths and hasfor its object, to construct a berth, which is adapted to turn up into avertical position with a sliding bar and a movable support jointed attheir inner ends to a sleeve fixed to the compartment partition anddirectly to the compartment partition, respectively, and with said barat its outer end adjustably connected with said support; and which isalso adapted to turn down into an extended position by extending saidbar and support and locking them together, so that the berth shall besupported in its extended position, without the aid of any supportsresting on the floor or other supports fixed to the berth frame or tothe sides of the compartment of the car.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1. represents a side elevation of myimproved berth in its turned up or vertical position, also a portion ofthe berth frame; Fig. 2. is a plan View of the bottom of the upper partof the casing; Fig. 3. is a perspective view in its extended position;Fig. 4. is a front elevation in partial section, Fig. 5. is a crosssection of a compartment ma sleeping car, with the berth in its extendedposition.

Referring to the different figures, A. represents a sleeve fastened tothe compartment partition C. of the car by means of the screws, a. a.Pivoted at one end to this sleeve by means of the bolt 6. is a bar B.having sliding engagement at its other end with the berth frame E. bymeans of trunnions b b. on either side of the bar engaging internalgrooves e, of a longitudinal slot 6 of the berth frame E. The berthframe E. is pivoted to the section partition C. at e, by means of ahinge member 6 fastened to the bottom, or preferably to the side, of theberth frame by means of the screws 6.

Fastened to the upper side of the bar B. is a casing D. composed of afiat plate d surmounted by a box shaped portlon (Z, the two portionsbeing fastened together by screws 0?, in holes cl (Fig. 2), and theplate being fastened to the bar B. by means of screws (Z16. In the spacebetween these two members of the casing is slidably mounted a latchplate 03, having a widened lower extremity (1 adapted to engage a notche in the top face of the berth frame member E. In order to withdraw thelatch plate from engagement with the notch e a rock lever 0Z forked atits lower end is pivoted on the transverse pin 03 fastened across a slotd in the member d of the casing, the forked ends being adapted to engageon either side a transverse pin d bridging a slot d in the latch plate.It is evident from Fig. 4, that a downward pressure on the outer end ofthe lever d will cause the lever to rock about the pin cl*, so that oneof the forked ends will engage the pin d and move the latch plate out ofengagement with the notch. In order to hold the latch plate yieldably ineither its operative or retracted position, a latch pin (Z pressedoutwardly by a coiled spring al is provided in the bar This pin passesthrough a perforation in the plate cl and its rounded outer end isadapted to seat itself in one of two depressions d, on the under side ofthe latch plate d", when the latch plate is in its engaging or retractedposition. On a movement of the lever d however, the pin is wedgedinwardly against the spring a? by the inclined face of one depressionthus allowing the latch plate to move freely till the end of the pin mayengage the other depression. At e in the berth frame E. forward of thebutt 6 is a hole opening into the internal slot a and used for theremoval of dust from the slot when the support E is raised up. Thefigures represent the fittings at one side only of the bar B. and of theberth frame E. When the berth is in an inclined and extended position,as shown in Figs. 3, 4:, and 5, the bar B. is pivoted at one end to thesleeve, by means of the bolt, 6. and the catch 0Z is slidablyengagedwith the notch 6 in the end of the berth frame E., so that the berth issecurely fastened together.

To turn the berth up into a folded and vertical position, first withdrawthe catch cl from the notch 6 by pressing forward the rock lever (Z thenraise the outer end 6 of the berth frame E., on the bolts 1) and 6,while the pointed end 6 and the trunnions b. b. of the bar B. moveforward and upward in the internal grooves e in the longitudinal slot 6from the butt 6 toward the outer end '6, of the berth frame E. until theberth is folded together in a vertical position, against the section C.of the compartment of the ear.

Claims.

1. A sleeping car berth comprising a sleeve fixed to the berth frame, asliding bar and a movable support fixed to the inside of theberth-frame, and ointed at their inner ends, to said sleeve and berthframe, respectively, said bar having a pointed end and two trunnionsplaced opposite each other, at its outer end, and said support having abutt, a dust hole and a transverse slot at its inner end, a longitudinalslot and interior grooves in its central part, and, an outer endopening, and said pointed end and trunnions being adapted to run in saidlongitudinal slot and grooves, respectively, and, a casing fixed to thetop and outer end of the bar and having a rock lever and a slidablecatch connected together in a recess therein; said catch being adaptedto fit into said transverse slot and lock the berth, When it isextended, and the same to be withdrawn from said transverse slot, whenthe berth is to be turned up into a vertical position, substantially asset forth.

2. In a sleeping car berth, the combination with a berth frame, of asleeve fixed to same,

a sliding bar jointed, at its inner end, to said sleeve and having apointed end and two trunnions placed opposite each other at its outerend, a casing fixed to the top of the outer end of the bar and having arock lever and a slidable catch connected together in a recess thereinand a movable support fixed to the inside of the berth-frame andjointed, at its inner end to the berth frame and having a butt, a dusthole and a transverse slot, at its inner end, a longitudinal slot andinternal grooves, in its central part, and an outer end opening; saidpointed end and trnnnions being adapted to run back in said longitudinalslot and grooves, respectively, and, said catch, to fit into saidtransverse slot and lock the berth together, when the berth is extended;and said catch, to be withdrawn from said transverse slot and saidpointed end and trunnions, to run forward, in said longitudinal slot andgrooves, when the berth is lifted into its vertical position,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

PETER RUBINOVITCH.

Witnesses \VILLIAM N. REED, MILAN F. STEVENS.

